Casket seal



mm 11 1924a 1,486,384

' J. A. KING CASKET SEAL Filed Oct. 11 1922 Fiatented illlar. ll, @243,

ates casnan SEAL.

Application filed @ctcber 1E, 18%. serial mo. 5983M.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, James A. Kine, a citizen of the United States, residing near New Paris, in the county of Freble, State of :3 Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Casket Seals, of which the "following is a full, clear, and comprehensive specification and exposition, the same being such as will enable others to to the same with absolute exactitude.

it has become known that in most in! stances after burial caskets are buried in the ground that the moisture or water leaks into them so that the corpse contained in the easits ket is covered with water. In view of this eventuality the rimal object of this invention is to hermetically seal the casket in such manner as to absolutely exclude water and moisture therefrom and therefore keep the so corpse dry regardless of the conditions outsi e.

. In order to accomplish the above it is necessary to first have a casket and a lid therefor which is impervious to moisture, as my invention contemplates only the sealing of the lid upon the body of the casket, therefore it seems practical to only employ my invention in connection with metal caskets, although it is not to be limited thereto. One manner of carrying out the principles of my invention in a practical manner is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a casket es in which in mvention is incorporated, showing the 11d open or turned back. Figure 2 is a cross-section of the upper edge portion of the body of the casket, as taken at any point throu h its extent. Figure 3 is a cross to section of t e lower edge portion of the lid of the casket, as taken at any point throughout its extent. Figure 4 is a cross section as taken through the up er edge portion of body of the casket an through the lower as edge portion of the lid of the casket, showing the sealin means in operative position,

and showing fire parts clamped together by the securing means. Figure 5 is a top plan view showing the parts as they would appear with the lid sealed downin operative osition. Fi ure 6 shows a portion of sealmg means a one. And Figure 7 shows a cross section of the sealing means alone.

make and apply Similar indices denote like parts throughout the several views.

in order that the construction, the operation, and the advantages or my invention may he more fully understood and a preciated, ll will now take up adetails description thereof, in which l will set forth the construction and the operation as fully and as clearly as I may.

As shown in the drawin s letter A denotes the body of a casket, w 'ch has the outwardly extending horizontal upper edge or face portion B, from the outer edge of which extends the curved molding portion C. The part B forms a fiat face of considerable extent, com aratively, and the said parts A, B and are referabl integral with each other, and t ey may e of any desired design, and they all extend entirely around the extent of the casket as shown.

Formed in the face of the horizontal portion B, and extending entirely around the body of the casket, is a curved channel D. Letter E denotes the casket lid, which has an outer vertical rim portion F extending therearound. Extending out at right-angles from the lower edge of the portion F is the face portion G, which is adapted to contact fiat with the face ortion B of the body. Letter H denotes the mold portion of the lid, the same extends upward and inward from the outer edge of the face portion G to the art F, forming a finish of any desired esign. The central ortion of the mold H is formed flat, that is parallel with he face G, and it is denoted by the letter I.

At frequent distances apart apertures J are formed through the part I, each to receive therein one of the thumb screws K. Each of the screw apertures J is immediatelfv above a corresponding screw aperture L 11primed through the part G, as shown in A nut M is adapted to receive the threaded lower portion of its respective screw K, said nuts being secured to the underside of the part B, as indicated in Fig. d.

A channel N is formed in the face of the portion G, and it corresponds in size and registers with the channel D, but it is oppositely dis osed with relation thereto.

Lemar denotes the sealing element,

which preferably is of rubber or the like, the same being round in cross section, and it is of such length as to extend around in the channels 1D or N it being" preferably formed endless in extent.

In practice the casket may be covered or finished to appear as an ordinary wood-or other kind of casket, the screws K and the sealin element P bein omitted until require Just prior to p acing the casket in its grave the faces of the parts B and G are uncovered. The sealing element P is then laid in the channel D, Next the lid is placed in osition whereby the channels N and D wifi be directly opposite to each other, which will cause the sealing element to also enter the channel N. Now the screws K should be inserted through the apertures J and L, their lower ends entering their re- Spective nuts M. And as the screws K are tightened down to their limits it is apparent that the element P will be clamped 1n the channels D and'N, as shown in Fig. 4, thereby absolutely sealin the joint between the lid andthe body 0 the casket and thereby accomplishing the desideratum 01? my invention.

ll desire that it be understood that various changes may be made in the several details of construction without departing from the spirit of my invention and without sacrific ing any of the advantages thereof.

naeeeea Having now fully shown and described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

In combination with a sheet metal burial casket comprising a body, a horizontal face portion extending outward horizontally from around the upper edge of said body, a molding extending from the outer edge of said face portion to the body and united therewith at a point below said face portion, a lid for said bod a face portion extendin out horizontally fi om the lower edge of sai lid and adapted to contact fiat with the face portion of the body, a molding extending from the outer edge of the face portion of the lid and secured to the lid at a point above said face portion of the lid, there being -channels formed in each of said face portions which channels register with each other and extend entirely around the casket, an endless rubber band which is round in cross section resting in both of said channels and being of such diameter in cross section as to normally space said faces from each other, and a plurality of thumb-screws by which said face portions an be clamped toward each other to compress said rubber band, all substantially as shown and described,

JS: A, KING. 

